Rishi Mahajan

HoustonTX

Work experience

Work experience

Project Assistant

University of Wisconsin-Madison, E-Business Consortium-RFID

Radio Frequency ID Lab Madison, WI Project Assistant Attended work group meetings within the Consortium to discuss with member companies the uses of RFID in their products. Managed RFID testing and consulting projects received by the Consortium Programmed software and assisted in developing test protocol for RFID Tags on blood bags for FDA approval Assisted in the deployment of RFID for asset tracking in hospitals as large as 1 million square feet. Selected vendors, conducted cost benefit analysis, and assisted in vendor performance analysis

Technical Intern

Phoenix AZ Graduate Technical Intern Evaluated the performance of RFID antennas and readers by conducting testing in an anechoic chamber Conceptualized and designed various test procedures to determine optimal solutions for RFID traceability in the supply chain Intel's individually boxed processors Assisted in setting up and testing a mesh network used for tracking the location of wireless tags Designed, programmed and built an automated demonstration using Lego and Labview to illustrate that RFID can better manage inventory and improve customer service. The demo was chosen to be displayed at Intel's Manufacturing Excellence Conference(IMEC) where the company's most innovative ideas are shared

Rf Engineer

SPX Communication Technology

RF Engineer Lead network planning activities including link budget design, RF coverage simulations & C/I analysis, drive test & post processing analysis, KPI analysis and reporting, propagation model tuning and network optimization Managed a team of 5 engineers in India to design CDMA and GSM network using SPX's proprietary long range wireless antenna for operators in Asia and Africa Designed a near field antenna pattern prediction tool using point source and ray theory concepts Constructed a framework for network planning projects by developing processes, project plan templates and training documents, thereby ensuring efficient operation of the global team Assisted the Sales and BD team by analyzing site data to help create business cases for operators Represented the technical team during presentations to CTO's and carriers for a $50M project